Ste50 adaptor protein governs sexual differentiation of Cryptococcus neoformans via the pheromone-response MAPK signaling pathway

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 154-165

  Jung, Kwang Woo ^a   Kim, Seo Young ^a   Okagaki, Laura H ^b   Nielsen, Kirsten ^b   Bahn, Yong Sun ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus neoformans; MAPK; Pheromone; Ste50; Stress response

Indexed keywords

ADAPTOR PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MELANIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN HOG; PROTEIN STE50; RAS PROTEIN; RGS PROTEIN; SEX PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; MATING; MOUSE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEROTYPE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STE50 GENE; STRESS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PHEROMONES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; MURINAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 78649920711     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2010.10.006     Document Type: Article

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